MASSAGE THERAPY MBLEX PRACTICE TEST
QUESTION & ANSWERS 2024-2025
When assessing the radiocarpal joint, what muscle group would
you lengthen to release or decrease mild extension at the
wrist? - ANSWER ->Extensors
What joints in the forearm are produced the supination and
pronation actions? - ANSWER ->Proximal and radioulnar joints
Which areas of the client are never appropriate for massage
treatment? - ANSWER ->Nipples and genitalia
What does active ROM test? - ANSWER ->The client's
willingness and ability to contract muscles
Which of the following techniques are examples of Active
Inhibition techniques? - ANSWER ->Contract- relax and post-
isometric relaxation
A(n) ___has the opposite desired action of a___muscle? -
ANSWER ->Antagonist/ Agonist
What body system produces blood cells and stores minerals? -
ANSWER ->Skeletal
What test would be positive if your client had rotator cuff
tears? - ANSWER ->Drop Arm
,What body plane would divide the body vertically into a front
and back portion? - ANSWER ->The Frontal Plane
The glenohumeral joint is freely moveable and is functionally
classified as? - ANSWER ->Diathrotic
Which muscle has its origin at the aponeurotic fibers of the
iliolumbar ligament and at the adjacent portions of the iliac
crest? - ANSWER ->Quadratus Lumborum
The S in the acronym SOAP stands for what? - ANSWER -
>Subjective
What muscle is responsible for head, neck, and shoulder
movements? - ANSWER ->Trapezius
The contraindications for to resistance exercise includes -
ANSWER ->Paralysis,acute stages of healing, and severe pain on
exercising
Tendons are fibrous tissue that connect - ANSWER ->Muscle to
bone
Which of the following massage profession methods is an
approach of applied kinesiology? - ANSWER ->Touch of health
What is the proper travel order of food through the
gastrointestinal tract? - ANSWER -
, >Mouth,pharnyx,esophagus,stomach, small intestine, and large
intestine
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a gastrointestinal concern that
is defined as a(n) - ANSWER ->Motility disorder strongly
associated with anxiety , stress, or depression.
Still's disease and Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) are
inflammatory arthritides defined as a - ANSWER ->Condition of
chronic synovial inflammation in childen
Increasing blood pressure is a reflective effect of what type of
treatment technique done on the abdomen? - ANSWER -
>Petrissage
While giving an assessment there are there are three types of
question you ask to obtain relevant information for the
treatment plan; general, specific, and pain question. Which of
the following is a pain question? - ANSWER ->Does the pain
move or refer to other areas
Conducting any communication with other professionals with a
friendly and professional manner is listed what code of ethic? -
ANSWER ->Professionalism
What muscle would you be assessing with a severe downward
rotation of the scapulothoracic joint? - ANSWER ->Levator
Scapula
QUESTION & ANSWERS 2024-2025
When assessing the radiocarpal joint, what muscle group would
you lengthen to release or decrease mild extension at the
wrist? - ANSWER ->Extensors
What joints in the forearm are produced the supination and
pronation actions? - ANSWER ->Proximal and radioulnar joints
Which areas of the client are never appropriate for massage
treatment? - ANSWER ->Nipples and genitalia
What does active ROM test? - ANSWER ->The client's
willingness and ability to contract muscles
Which of the following techniques are examples of Active
Inhibition techniques? - ANSWER ->Contract- relax and post-
isometric relaxation
A(n) ___has the opposite desired action of a___muscle? -
ANSWER ->Antagonist/ Agonist
What body system produces blood cells and stores minerals? -
ANSWER ->Skeletal
What test would be positive if your client had rotator cuff
tears? - ANSWER ->Drop Arm
,What body plane would divide the body vertically into a front
and back portion? - ANSWER ->The Frontal Plane
The glenohumeral joint is freely moveable and is functionally
classified as? - ANSWER ->Diathrotic
Which muscle has its origin at the aponeurotic fibers of the
iliolumbar ligament and at the adjacent portions of the iliac
crest? - ANSWER ->Quadratus Lumborum
The S in the acronym SOAP stands for what? - ANSWER -
>Subjective
What muscle is responsible for head, neck, and shoulder
movements? - ANSWER ->Trapezius
The contraindications for to resistance exercise includes -
ANSWER ->Paralysis,acute stages of healing, and severe pain on
exercising
Tendons are fibrous tissue that connect - ANSWER ->Muscle to
bone
Which of the following massage profession methods is an
approach of applied kinesiology? - ANSWER ->Touch of health
What is the proper travel order of food through the
gastrointestinal tract? - ANSWER -
, >Mouth,pharnyx,esophagus,stomach, small intestine, and large
intestine
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a gastrointestinal concern that
is defined as a(n) - ANSWER ->Motility disorder strongly
associated with anxiety , stress, or depression.
Still's disease and Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) are
inflammatory arthritides defined as a - ANSWER ->Condition of
chronic synovial inflammation in childen
Increasing blood pressure is a reflective effect of what type of
treatment technique done on the abdomen? - ANSWER -
>Petrissage
While giving an assessment there are there are three types of
question you ask to obtain relevant information for the
treatment plan; general, specific, and pain question. Which of
the following is a pain question? - ANSWER ->Does the pain
move or refer to other areas
Conducting any communication with other professionals with a
friendly and professional manner is listed what code of ethic? -
ANSWER ->Professionalism
What muscle would you be assessing with a severe downward
rotation of the scapulothoracic joint? - ANSWER ->Levator
Scapula
